Band 5.5 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 5.5 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-13

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In the future all cars, buses and trucks will be driverless. The only people travelling inside these vehicles will be passengers.

Do you think the advantages of driverless vehicles outweigh the disadvantages?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 5.5)

It is considered by many that buses and trucks are going to be driverless due to the advantages of AI technology and the only human in the car is passengers in the future. however i competely disagree that advantages of driverless vehicles outweigh the disadvantages for several reasons.

first of all, Many people have not trust AI and robots competely and it can be significant backward for driverless cars. Most diverless cars are not competely accurate and researchers are still improving, while it is becaming the biggest problem to trust these ai supported cars. After all if there is any mistake or wrong commands in the coding then it may became dengerous for the passengers.

Secondly, driverless cars can be safe and useful fot other but it does not contain any emotion. If there is any cases of emergency then driverless can be problemative. Driverless cars are processed by coding that why they can not feel the pain.

finally, there is billions of drivers who is currently living their life based on their jobs. It is impossible to replace them by driverless cars and trucks in the future. It not only distrub the country economy it also make them unemployed and decrease their living standard. Goverment really can not control the unemployment so they will not able to replace human resources.

In conclusion, It is impossible to replace human in the driving filds, human are more interligen than ai so if there is any emergency in the roads human can acts due to the situation and the numbers of drivers are in huge numbers.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 5.5

Your position is clear: you disagree that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, and you give three relevant concerns—technical errors, difficulty responding to emergencies, and job losses. This addresses the question, but the discussion is only partly developed. For example, the point that driverless vehicles “does not contain any emotion” is not clearly connected to a specific emergency or consequence, and the claim that replacing drivers is “impossible” is asserted rather than supported. The response also gives little consideration to possible advantages, which would help make the comparison more convincing. To strengthen the argument, explain each concern with a concrete example and briefly acknowledge an advantage before showing why the risks remain greater.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The essay has a recognisable structure: an introduction, three body paragraphs signalled by “first of all,” “Secondly,” and “finally,” followed by a conclusion. This makes the main line of argument easy to follow overall. However, the progression within some paragraphs is less clear: the discussion moves from trust in AI to coding errors without fully explaining the link, while the emergency paragraph repeats the idea that vehicles cannot feel rather than developing the consequence. Some linking phrases, such as “After all,” do not clearly express the relationship between the sentences. Use more precise transitions and make each paragraph develop one central point through explanation and an example. Clearer references to what “it” and “they” mean would also improve cohesion.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.0

You use vocabulary relevant to the topic, including “driverless vehicles,” “coding,” “emergency,” “unemployed,” and “living standard.” These choices allow the reader to understand your main concerns. However, the range is limited and several inaccurate word choices or spellings make parts of the argument less clear, such as “significant backward,” “problemative,” and “dengerous.” Repetition of “driverless cars” and “human” also limits flexibility. Aim to learn accurate collocations and use more precise terms for the risks and economic effects you describe. Proofreading spelling and choosing natural phrases will make your ideas easier to understand and give your vocabulary greater control.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.0

You attempt both simple and more extended sentences, including a conditional structure in “if there is any mistake … then it may…” and a contrast introduced by “while.” However, control is uneven, and errors in sentence structure, agreement, articles, and verb forms occur throughout. For example, “the only human in the car is passengers” has a mismatch between subject and complement, while “there is billions of drivers who is” contains agreement errors. The final sentence, “human can acts,” also has an incorrect verb form. Some sentences are difficult to process because clauses are joined without clear punctuation. Practise building accurate subject–verb patterns and checking each sentence for agreement before attempting longer structures.

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